much better chance to find a pro-bono or low-cost lawyer to help them understand their case requirements and advocate for protection. As a result of these problems, BCDC has become a deportation mill. Deportations occur twice a week, with many individuals being deported without any due process.27 In one case, an individual
[PDF] SHORTCHANGED HOW WAGE THEFT – law.temple.edu
This report unmasks a shocking, but exceedingly common problem facing low-wage workers in Pennsylvania. Wage theft, the illegal non-payment or under payment of wages, is a pervasive problem hurting hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers across the state each week. Wage theft is not insignificant or uncommon.
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Impeaching By Omission – Advocacy and Evidence Resources
Impeaching By Omission. evidence. Evidence rules explicitly allow for impeachment of any witness (even one called by the party) and set the procedures for attacking with inconsistencies – the impeaching document need not be shown to the witness, and impeachment must occur with there being some opportunity for the witness to respond and explain.
EVIDENCE LAW – A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO LEGAL ANALYSIS
Two Evidence rules in particular come to mind. First, is Rule 403. In the seminal case of Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172, 182-83, 117 S. Ct. 644, 651 (1997) the Court described what is essentially a mathematical analysis for weighing alternative methods of proving a point in deciding whether 403 requires exclusion or ‘toning down …
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[PDF] EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT “Employment Agreement” “Chef” “Restaurant”
) plus health insurance benefits at 20 percent of the Base Salary. The Base Salary shall be payable in equal bi-weekly installments. All required federal, state, and local taxes shall be deducted or withheld from the Base Salary. (b) Bonuses. parties should leave this blank. 6. Maintenance and Ownership of Recipes. Chef acknowledges that the
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE “I CAN’T REMEMBER” WITNESS
A recent (early 2017) Pennsylvania Superior Court OPINION affirmed the general proposition that the words ‘I don’t remember’ are not subject to impeachment with a prior inconsistent statement, as the witness has offered nothing substantive to contradict. Commonwealth v. Watley, 2016 PA Super 311 (12/29/16) (“a mere failure of …
Law Library – Temple Law
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